PHONY OUTRAGE

Re: Obama responds to "Phony Outrage."

Obama, referring to McCain's economic policies, said: "you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig."

The McCain camp was outraged, suggesting that Obama was referring to that lipstick'ed pitbull, Sarah Palin, as a lipstick'ed pig.

Unfortunately, phony outrage works. Every voter in this whole damn country is outraged at every damn little thing, so who do you think they're going to respond to? The candidate tapping into that pool of hatred and resentment, or the one with the cool veneer?

Then again, Obama seems to have forgotten that phony outrage got him the nomination in the first place-- remember "fairy tale"? The Obama camp freaked out when Bill Clinton called Obama's constant opposition to the Iraq War the "biggest fairy tale." No, he didn't call Obama a fairy-- but it's true that Obama gave his anti-war speech in the most liberal neighbourhood in Chicago, when he was campaigning for the Senate, meaning, of course he had to show opposition for the war, without having to actually vote yes or no-- and voted and spoke in support of the war once he got to the Senate (until the war became incredibly unpopular).

Remember "Jesse Jackson"? Again, the Obama camp reacted with outrage when Clinton reminded us that Jesse Jackson had won the South Carolina primary when he was campaigning back in '88, but failed to win the Deomcratic nomination. The Obamaniacs accused Clinton of playing the race card-- anyone who mentions a candidate with a non-white race, it seems, is playing the race card.

Well, it worked-- blacks turned against the Clintons and toward Obama in record numbers, and now one of the most well-thought of Presidents in modern history has a tarnished record. But the phony outrage could backfire against Obama. If he wants to win, he's got to get some backbone, he's got to get that outrage back-- so why not say what everyone's thinking, and call a pig a pig? Okay, she's got some nice big puckerable lips for sucking up to the Evangelicals and the Oil Companies-- put some stick on those lips, or perhaps a spit, and let's just have a pig roast, shall we?